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Posted: 11/30/2020 6:30:28 PM EST
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Just don't call it a quonset hut cuz tards will then call it a "kwanza hut".
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Posted: 11/30/2020 6:30:46 PM EST
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That sounds like what the quarterback says when he's got his hands up under another dudes taint
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Posted: 11/30/2020 6:37:30 PM EST
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in for some sensible responses, I'm interested in these as well
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Posted: 11/30/2020 6:45:50 PM EST
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A very close friend of mine bought about 30 acres of land and placed one at the center. His original intent was to use it to park his high-end camper inside it and then just live in that. Instead, he ended up moving his camper out and finishing out the interior. He had it lined with spray foam and has done a descent job at building it out with a bedroom, bath, and living room. It just seems to me, that given the shape, there's a lot of wasted space along the sides. Even he has said he regrets going that route as opposed to constructing something more common like a cabin or metal building.
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Posted: 11/30/2020 6:48:52 PM EST
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Quonset huts are far less space efficient, windows often begin to leak over time, they're too hot in the summer, and they suck to live in.
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Posted: 11/30/2020 6:50:21 PM EST
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There are still quite a few restaurant buildings and such built from them after the war, scattered about the country.
They're still the basis of a scary amount of U.S. military real estate in Korea. They seem a lot sturdier than many pole barns and such I've seen... would not mind having a garage made from one if I had the land for it, am kind curious what the costs would be. |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 6:51:26 PM EST
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And they're limited to one story.
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Posted: 11/30/2020 6:51:30 PM EST
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Damn, that brings back memories!
 I think the Marine Corps still has them at CamPen. What I remember most about them were the big floor fans always running at either end. |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 6:53:18 PM EST
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Posted: 11/30/2020 6:54:14 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: And they're limited to one story. Apparently not!   I think there's a huge one over at OCS they store shit in. |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 6:54:41 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Damn, that brings back memories! https://www.pendleton.marines.mil/Portals/98/Docs/Environmental/Cultural%20Resources/Images/Figure%2027.jpg I think the Marine Corps still has them at CamPen. What I remember most about them were the big floor fans always running at either end. I wonder what t-shirt the Gunny will be wearing this morning... Sheesh, I guess we know where that was filmed, |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 6:55:30 PM EST
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Like living in a pizza oven...
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Posted: 11/30/2020 7:02:56 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Apparently not! https://www.nydailynews.com/resizer/qII_UHZlycuIiKhoggs9A-A555I=/1200x0/top/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tronc.s3.amazonaws.com/public/GRB2VR6TBLIQVEERG6WQGDZSQM.jpg https://www.steelmasterusa.com/wp-content/uploads/Picture5-1.jpg I think there's a huge one over at OCS they store shit in. That's a bow string truss set up |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 7:03:17 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Like living in a pizza oven... https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/285/0255F42B-6F10-4D99-B59A-E66D44434248-1708888.jpg Our Philippine living quarters were quonsets. I found our ship's crew berthing to be far more comfortable, and it sucked. |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 7:15:15 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Like living in a pizza oven... https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/285/0255F42B-6F10-4D99-B59A-E66D44434248-1708888.jpg Lived in ones in Quantico and Camp Wilson. FML |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 7:15:16 PM EST
[#16]
Yes. It's old. Makes a hell of a shop. Used to use it for flat storage.
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Posted: 11/30/2020 7:19:08 PM EST
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Insulation is the key to making anything livable. Also, a building within a building works well, too.
The thermal bridging kills metal buildings as living space. Hence, the building within a building concept. In FL there is a community centered around airplanes/runway. One of them has a house within the airplane hanger and it makes the house much more livable. Temp Coat 101 is a spray on nano ceramic coating used in the Middle East, and in industrial settings (pipe lines, refining, manufacturing, etc...) on the roof or piping to keep the temperature steady. Some higher end RV builders are using Temp Coat 101 to 4 season their coaches. Same principle. |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 7:21:23 PM EST
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I'm in farm country and we have a few around here. After the war, farmers bought them off the base at Quantico and reassembled them at home to use for equipment storage.
Mine's in need of some patching and a coat of paint, but it's still solid. Great to store my lawn stuff and it's got workbenches that I use all the time. |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 7:21:54 PM EST
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Posted: 11/30/2020 7:22:21 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That's a bow string truss set up Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Apparently not! https://www.nydailynews.com/resizer/qII_UHZlycuIiKhoggs9A-A555I=/1200x0/top/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tronc.s3.amazonaws.com/public/GRB2VR6TBLIQVEERG6WQGDZSQM.jpg https://www.steelmasterusa.com/wp-content/uploads/Picture5-1.jpg I think there's a huge one over at OCS they store shit in. That's a bow string truss set up Its a prefab corrugated steel shell, commonly called a quonset hut. If you google "quonset hut homes" theres a lot of pics. I didnt see any of a bowstring truss. The fact that the exterior (minus the 2 end walls) and roof are self supporting, allows for just about any interior layout a builder can design. The 2nd floor is independent of the exterior walls.  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 7:30:35 PM EST
[#21]
 IDEAL Clothing store commercial 1960s/70s Hammonton NJ |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 7:32:53 PM EST
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I agree with the Pizza Oven thing. I arrived at Clark AB, PI in 1968 as a dependent and our overflow school was housed in those damn huts. No AC etc. I cant even look at one now without breaking out in a sweat....
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Posted: 11/30/2020 7:33:48 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lived in ones in Quantico and Camp Wilson. FML Camp Wilson is where I spent three months in one myself. Jan-mar 82...coldest I ever was in kalifornia |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 7:41:00 PM EST
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I want to put one up. Interested in seeing pricing.
I dream of filling the yard with various outbuildings. The more buildings, the more powerful the man. |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 7:45:50 PM EST
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I helped a friend assemble a steel masters 25x25 building two years ago.
We spent about half a day assembling the sections on the ground and staging them, maybe 12 man hours. It took four of us with two ladders and a rolling scaffold to stand everything up and bolt it together to be self supporting. Maybe 30 man hours. Final tightening of all the kajillion bolts he did himself, ditto with closing in the end. I helped install the roll up door and hold some pieces in place while he did it. Took him probably a month of dinking around before he was totally done getting it enclosed, working at his own pace a few hours a day, skipping odd days when he felt like it. Slab cost him about the same as the rest of the project, as he went extra thick with lots of rebar. I think he told me he was into it about 15k all in by the time he was done, sweat equity labor on everything except the slab itself. If I end up with bare land to build on, I plan to do as big of one as I can pay for, and put bachelor quarters in it until I build a house. |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 7:48:07 PM EST
[#26]
Gomer Pyle lived in one.
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Posted: 11/30/2020 7:52:28 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I agree with the Pizza Oven thing. I arrived at Clark AB, PI in 1968 as a dependent and our overflow school was housed in those damn huts. No AC etc. I cant even look at one now without breaking out in a sweat.... Our shops and offices in Rota, Spain are still Quonset Huts (big ones with a 2nd deck) The exteriors are covered in a heavy layer of spray foam and window units in the offices keeps them tolerable. |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 7:53:35 PM EST
[#28]
A guy nearby has one, he got a smoking deal on it.
Still had to pay like 12 grand to get the frost walls poured for it, and that was years ago. Compared to a pole building I bet they can get pricey, but are probably going to last longer as long as it doesn't rust. |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 7:57:44 PM EST
[#29]
 How to Build a Quonset Hut™ Home: Step-by-Step Guide |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 7:57:53 PM EST
[#30]
Use to be quite a few WWII quonset huts in Rural AK.
Warm if insulated right. |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 8:00:02 PM EST
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Just don't call it a quonset hut cuz tards will then call it a "kwanza hut". Baby Jebus was born in a KAWANZA HUT!!! |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 8:16:39 PM EST
[#32]
You can get some with straight side walls. I have one 30x40. Mine has a short 3-4' side wall. It helps with the space. They do have some limitations with the curved roof. I have an engine hoist, A-frame style. It has to live in the middle of the garage. In 2000 I built it for about 12K with a full one piece pour footing/floor. 20 years later I have one noticeable floor crack. I put a container across one end for the wall. And have more storage space with that. And A 12 or14' high door. (I forget how high)
For the money it was the best I could do at the time. Not sure how they compare with a pole barn today. |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 8:25:48 PM EST
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I helped a friend assemble a steel masters 25x25 building two years ago. We spent about half a day assembling the sections on the ground and staging them, maybe 12 man hours. It took four of us with two ladders and a rolling scaffold to stand everything up and bolt it together to be self supporting. Maybe 30 man hours. Final tightening of all the kajillion bolts he did himself, ditto with closing in the end. I helped install the roll up door and hold some pieces in place while he did it. Took him probably a month of dinking around before he was totally done getting it enclosed, working at his own pace a few hours a day, skipping odd days when he felt like it. Slab cost him about the same as the rest of the project, as he went extra thick with lots of rebar. I think he told me he was into it about 15k all in by the time he was done, sweat equity labor on everything except the slab itself. If I end up with bare land to build on, I plan to do as big of one as I can pay for, and put bachelor quarters in it until I build a house. happen to have any photos of that? I am not looking to live in a quonset hut, more like equipment storage and/or possibly a shop |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 8:41:47 PM EST
[#34]
I have a friend that sells them and traditional steel buildings. Biggest thing is they're ugly.
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Posted: 11/30/2020 8:57:03 PM EST
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Posted: 11/30/2020 8:58:09 PM EST
[#36]
 Attached FileThat's two days of work, not counting the slab. One to put the pieces together on the ground, one to stand it up. Can't find a pic of it closed in, I moved 600 miles not long after this. Still get up to visit every few months. Good peeps. |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 9:00:25 PM EST
[#37]
They are super sturdy.
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Posted: 11/30/2020 9:48:06 PM EST
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Posted: 11/30/2020 10:07:15 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Apparently not! https://www.nydailynews.com/resizer/qII_UHZlycuIiKhoggs9A-A555I=/1200x0/top/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tronc.s3.amazonaws.com/public/GRB2VR6TBLIQVEERG6WQGDZSQM.jpg https://www.steelmasterusa.com/wp-content/uploads/Picture5-1.jpg I think there's a huge one over at OCS they store shit in. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: And they're limited to one story. Apparently not! https://www.nydailynews.com/resizer/qII_UHZlycuIiKhoggs9A-A555I=/1200x0/top/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tronc.s3.amazonaws.com/public/GRB2VR6TBLIQVEERG6WQGDZSQM.jpg https://www.steelmasterusa.com/wp-content/uploads/Picture5-1.jpg I think there's a huge one over at OCS they store shit in. |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 10:22:37 PM EST
[#40]
Lived in one in Thailand with 3 other guys. Very comfortable. Everyday mama-san wake you up, iron your uniform and polish your shoes and send you to work.
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Posted: 11/30/2020 10:25:22 PM EST
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Damn, that brings back memories! https://www.pendleton.marines.mil/Portals/98/Docs/Environmental/Cultural%20Resources/Images/Figure%2027.jpg I think the Marine Corps still has them at CamPen. What I remember most about them were the big floor fans always running at either end. they have them at tallega (i think thats where your pic is) and where MCT is. well that was as of 8 years ago or so for talega, it was 14 years ago that i went to MCT. i assume nothing has changed though since its the marines. thats where they filmed heart brake ridge, you can literally walk outside and line up the picture of the tree with your phone. I thought that was neat. |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 10:27:52 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lived in one in Thailand with 3 other guys.Very comfortable. Everyday mama-san wake you up, iron your uniform and polish your shoes and send you to work. 
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Posted: 11/30/2020 10:31:42 PM EST
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Posted: 11/30/2020 10:35:45 PM EST
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Quoted: Quonset huts are far less space efficient, windows often begin to leak over time, they're too hot in the summer, and they suck to live in. That's true to an extent. They are really hot in the summer for sure. Quoted: There are still quite a few restaurant buildings and such built from them after the war, scattered about the country. They're still the basis of a scary amount of U.S. military real estate in Korea. They seem a lot sturdier than many pole barns and such I've seen... would not mind having a garage made from one if I had the land for it, am kind curious what the costs would be. The one we have at school is a catch all for junk. There is a loft in it that nobody goes up into. The way it's constructed makes it seem like a death trap, but that's on whomever put that in. Quoted: And they're limited to one story. As shown above, they can be extended from what I've seen in the past. A loft inside can make use of space and essentially a second floor. |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 10:36:22 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/152077/IMG_20181016_180418_jpg-1709095.JPG That's two days of work, not counting the slab. One to put the pieces together on the ground, one to stand it up. Can't find a pic of it closed in, I moved 600 miles not long after this. Still get up to visit every few months. Good peeps. Relatives bought one of these, were told something like two people can put it up in a day or day and a half, it took 4 or 5 people and 3 days |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 10:55:10 PM EST
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There is still one in town that is used for storage by Northwestern Community Workshop.
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Posted: 11/30/2020 11:00:46 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There are still quite a few restaurant buildings and such built from them after the war, scattered about the country. They're still the basis of a scary amount of U.S. military real estate in Korea. They seem a lot sturdier than many pole barns and such I've seen... would not mind having a garage made from one if I had the land for it, am kind curious what the costs would be. My dad's company bought several to use for storage and shop space. Guess who had to help put them up? Beat digging ditches for gathering system lines I reckon.  |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 11:01:52 PM EST
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I lived in one while in AIT at Ft. Gordon after our company got kicked out of our nice barracks. All we needed was for Sgt. Carter to come walking in.
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Posted: 12/1/2020 12:52:48 AM EST
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Quote Historylet's eat there the next time I come visit you to shoot! |
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Posted: 12/1/2020 12:56:07 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted:  Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached FileThat's two days of work, not counting the slab. One to put the pieces together on the ground, one to stand it up. Can't find a pic of it closed in, I moved 600 miles not long after this. Still get up to visit every few months. Good peeps. was that a kit? rough cost? link to website? |
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